I'll admit that a few years ago I wanted Walker fired, but then I slowly came to the conclusion that it's more a matter of talent (or lack thereof) than the ML level hitting coach. We just simply don't have many good hitters on this team.

This is just to keep the fans with pitchforks at home, and they can plod through Ventura's final year and then maybe replace him. I knew the Sox weren't going to pay him to not manage next year, but they had to offer up some kind of sacrificial lamb.

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Originally Posted by russ99

Not sure if this solves anything, since we need an organizational approach to hitting fundamentals, especially when it comes to pitch recognition, plate patience and how to approach an at-bat.

But if we're going to have a younger team next year, Manto needed to either change his approach or be gone to give these younger players a chance instead of always being behind the count due to the preached "aggressiveness".

You don't set up kids to fail like that, hitting is hard enough at the big league level to give the pitcher advantages.

Yep, typical Sox token firing as the organization continues to be a mess.